Background
MACLAGAN, William Dalrymple was born in 1826 in Edinburgh. 5th son of David Maclagan, Doctor of Medicine, Physician to the Forces during the Peninsular War (d. 1805), and Jane, daughter of Philip Whiteside, Doctor of Medicine (d.
MACLAGAN, William Dalrymple was born in 1826 in Edinburgh. 5th son of David Maclagan, Doctor of Medicine, Physician to the Forces during the Peninsular War (d. 1805), and Jane, daughter of Philip Whiteside, Doctor of Medicine (d.
Edinburgh, Peterhou.se, Cambridge (graduated in Mathematical Honours, 1850). Doctor of Divinity; Doctor of Civil Law. Doctor of Laws.
Served in Indian Army, 1847-1852. Retired as Lieutenant. Ordained Deacon, 1856.
Priest, 1857; Rector of Newington, 1809. Vicar of Kensington, 1875. Bishop of Lichfield, 1878.
Archbishop of York, 1891-1909. P.C.